Wood stove tragedy

[MainePatsFan]

I happened to see this in my newspaper. So tragic. The stove was just installed?

Investigators: Wood stove caused fire that destroyed Freeport home

FREEPORT — Investigators with the state fire marshal’s office determined a wood stove caused a fire that destroyed a Freeport family’s home at 29 Crows Nest Dr. Sunday, according to Freeport Fire Chief Charles Jordan. The stove was installed Sunday in a shed attached to the garage, Jordan said...

www.pressherald.com

When you see the picture of the house fully engulfed, it is sadder when you see the pictures when the house was on the market:

29 Crows Nest Dr, Freeport, ME 04032 | realtor.com®

View detailed information about property 29 Crows Nest Dr, Freeport, ME 04032 including listing details, property photos, school and neighborhood data, and much more.

www.realtor.com

Just a reminder to never treat a wood stove like something you can just light up and walk away from.

 

[Rickb]

Not sure why you would put a stove in that little shed to begin with, but I wonder if they will get insurance to even reimburse them because I would guess that couldnt be to code.

 

[begreen]

That is very sad. I wonder if the stove even had a class A chimney seeing this was a shed.
We had a shed install thread within the past few months. It took some convincing to do it right. We also see more and more tiny house threads which sometimes are no bigger than a shed.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Not sure why you would put a stove in that little shed to begin with, but I wonder if they will get insurance to even reimburse them because I would guess that couldnt be to code.

It's at least partly because so many people are now working remotely, and need an office space away from the house to keep the kids, pets, and/or naked wife out of the zoom meetings. I'd want a stove in my office space if my office space was a shed.

 

[kennyp2339]

As a fire fighter I constantly think of this kind of stuff all the time, more so when someone is adamant about putting an insert stove into a zero clearance fireplace.